Posted on Jan 28, 2021
'Japan’s Marine Corps': The nation's first responders for remote island defense
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A Self-Defense Forces unit dubbed “Japan’s Marine Corps” made headlines this week when details were revealed of an alleged secret 2015 pact with the U.S. over stationing the amphibious troops at Camp Schwab in Okinawa’s Henoko District.
Tokyo strongly denies the report, but that allegation and China’s growing maritime assertiveness have cast a spotlight on the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, the first responders in any future conflict surrounding the nation’s outer islands.
What is the brigade and what is it for?
Tokyo strongly denies the report, but that allegation and China’s growing maritime assertiveness have cast a spotlight on the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, the first responders in any future conflict surrounding the nation’s outer islands.
What is the brigade and what is it for?
'Japan’s Marine Corps': The nation's first responders for remote island defense
Posted from japantimes.co.jp
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I am no expert on amphibious operations. I do know they can be contested or uncontested operations. Sometimes they are used to flank the enemy or to put forces in specific locations. Patton conducted an initial amphibious landing in Sicily to put his forces on the island and conducted two more to flank the Germans. At this point the Germans wanted nothing to do with Patton and fled to the port as expeditiously as possible while Patton was in hot pursuit.
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It's been 70 years since the surrender agreement dictated Japan limit on military forces, since that time, the Geo/political/miltary landscape has changed. There are only 3 areas in that part of the world, the western side of the pacific, that have democratically elected governments. Two of them are islands, and the third is a peninsula. Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. easing the restrictions on Japans military is crucial to to deterring China's ambitions, and easing the strain on US resources and manpower.
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